Community Tasting Note

• Cailles wrote:

  March 8, 2022 - Bordeaux 2012 - 10 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind. Not decanted. A few observations: 1) 2012 is a good quality vintage without the depth/length of great vintages. Still, one of the better “off-vintages”. 2) Many but not all wines are drinking well today. They are generally open, round and fleshed out. 3) Further cellaring is advised as there are hardly any tertiary aromas yet and that extra complexity will render the wines more interesting. The wines generally have the structure and fruit to age gracefully. 4) The level of ripeness/alcohol are not a concern (09, 10, 15, 18 have more problems in that area). 5) Left bank (avg. 92.2 pts) beats right bank (91.0) (group has right bank a notch ahead). The overall group avg. score is at a good 92.1, but unsurprisingly below past retrospectives of better vintages (00, 09, 10). 6) There are highlights on both sides: my best wines today were Ausone (96 pts), Mouton (96), Cheval (95) and Margaux (95).
  
  TN: I was lost in discussions, the wine seemed rather uninspiring and we then we had to move on to the next flight. Not rated.
  
  Group rank: 30th out of 33 reds
  Group average score: 90.0
  
  More information, vintage comparisons, top and worst 10 list, appellation rankings from the group in the story link

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2 Comments

• Brad T commented:

  3/22/22, 1:38 PM - Thank you for detailed tasting notes in the story link!

• Cailles commented:

  3/23/22, 10:59 AM - Thanks. I‘m a stats geek and find that quite enlightening to compare that stuff, especially as everything is tasted blind.

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